60NYT > Ahmed Wali Karzaitopics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/k/ahmed_wali_karzai/index.html?rss=1News about Ahmed Wali Karzai, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.Copyright 2014 The New York Times Companyen-usFri 09 Dec 2016 10:37:48 -0500http://static01.nyt.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gifNYThttp://www.nytimes.comBribery Frees a Drug Kingpin in Afghanistan, Where Cash Often Overrules Justicehttp://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/01/world/asia/bribes-free-drug-kingpin-in-afghanistan-where-cash-often-overrules-justice.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/01/world/asia/bribes-free-drug-kingpin-in-afghanistan-where-cash-often-overrules-justice.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2014/12/31/world/31escape/31escape-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>The United States extolled a leading opium dealer&#8217;s imprisonment as a sign that the Afghan authorities could establish law and order. Then the man paid millions to escape.By JOSEPH GOLDSTEINThu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 -0500http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/01/world/asia/bribes-free-drug-kingpin-in-afghanistan-where-cash-often-overrules-justice.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssIntrigue in Karzai Family as an Afghan Era Closeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/world/asia/karzai-family-moves-to-protect-its-privilege.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/world/asia/karzai-family-moves-to-protect-its-privilege.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2012/06/04/world/JP-KARZAI-1/JP-KARZAI-1-thumbStandard-v2.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>As Hamid Karzai’s days as Afghanistan’s president draw to a close, his family members are trying to protect their status while secretly fighting among themselves over the fortune they have amassed.By JAMES RISENMon, 04 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/04/world/asia/karzai-family-moves-to-protect-its-privilege.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssInsurgents Attack in Kandahar, Breaking Rare Respitehttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/world/asia/attack-in-kandahar-breaks-rare-respite.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/world/asia/attack-in-kandahar-breaks-rare-respite.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2011/10/28/world/28AFGHAN/28AFGHAN-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>One Afghan interpreter was killed, and an American civilian contractor and two Afghan security guards were wounded, in an attack at a small NATO base in Kandahar on Thursday.By TAIMOOR SHAH and RAY RIVERAFri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/world/asia/attack-in-kandahar-breaks-rare-respite.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssPlot to Kill Afghan President Karzai Is Foiledhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/world/asia/plot-to-kill-afghan-president-karzai-is-foiled.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssAfghan security officials announced that they had arrested six suspects in an attempted assassination plot against President Hamid Karzai, including a security guard at the presidential palace.By JACK HEALY and SANGAR RAHIMIThu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/world/asia/plot-to-kill-afghan-president-karzai-is-foiled.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssTribes Watch and Wait After Karzai Brother’s Killinghttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/world/asia/26kandahar.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/world/asia/26kandahar.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2011/07/26/world/KANDAHAR-1/KANDAHAR-1-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>The death of Ahmed Wali Karzai, the half brother of President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, put Kandahar’s spoils up for grabs, and the tribal elite are calculating their next move.By ALISSA J. RUBINTue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/world/asia/26kandahar.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssTribes Watch and Wait After Karzai Brother's Killinghttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE1DD133FF935A15754C0A9679D8B63?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssKARZ, Afghanistan -- The marble grave of the Afghan president's half brother, assassinated two weeks ago by one of his own men, lies in this scruffy village that is near Kandahar and bears the family name. The white stone has a quiet to it that...By ALISSA J. RUBINTue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE1DD133FF935A15754C0A9679D8B63?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssSpending Time With the Karzais in (Parts of) Kandaharhttp://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/spending-time-with-the-karzais-in-parts-of-kandahar/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssShah Wali Karzai recoiled in horror at my plans to go to a business on the west side of Kandahar City. I couldn’t go there, he said, even he had not been to that area in over five years.By JAKE CUSACKTue, 19 Jul 2011 11:23:48 -0400http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/spending-time-with-the-karzais-in-parts-of-kandahar/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssTurban-Hidden Bomb Is Detonated at Service for Karzai’s Brotherhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/world/asia/15afghanistan.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/world/asia/15afghanistan.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss"><img src="http://static01.nyt.com/images/2011/07/15/world/asia/15afghanistan/15afghanistan-thumbStandard.jpg" border="0" height="75" width="75" hspace="4" align="left"/></a>At least three people were killed when a suicide bomber snuck a bomb into a Kandahar mosque by hiding it under his turban.By TAIMOOR SHAH, ALISSA J. RUBIN and JACK HEALYFri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/world/asia/15afghanistan.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssDining With the Karzaishttp://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/dining-with-the-karzais/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssGrowing up, I rarely ate at restaurants. If my parents took the family out for pizza or Chinese food, it was usually a special occasion of some kind. On a few really special occasions, we ventured out to Helmand, an Afghan restaurant in East...By RACHEL NOLANThu, 14 Jul 2011 11:59:35 -0400http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/dining-with-the-karzais/?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssKarzai Buries a Brother, and Quickly Appoints Another as Successorhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/world/asia/14kandahar.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rssPresident Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan moved swiftly to unite both the tribes and political support around him in the face of the continuing insurgency.By CARLOTTA GALL and RUHULLAH KHAPALWAKThu, 14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0400http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/world/asia/14kandahar.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss